Woot! Damn, as if I didn't have enough games to play lately: Kingdom Under Fire comes out tomorrow, Otogi 2 and DOA:U later this month, and next month I'll be playing Halo 2 and (hopefully) Half-life 2. It's times like these that I'm glad I have a job so I can pay for all these games

And yeah, I think I'll be crazy and pick it up at midnight, assuming my local Gamestop is doing that (which they probably will, I went to their midnight Dreamcast opening as well). I preordered the Collector's Edition too, so I'll be getting that bonus DVD and the cool metal case. BTW, they're going to be showing a new Halo 2 trailer in movie theaters starting on October 30th, I saw the first part of it and it looked REALLY cool .

I must admit, I didn't expect to get caught up in the Halo 2 hype. I remember way back at E3 2003 I thought "oh sure, it looks cool, but it just can't match up to Half-life 2". Then more and more information got released on Halo 2, and more and more information (and delays) got released for Half-life 2, and I found I became equally excited for both of them because each sounded so insanely cool in their own way. I don't think I'll be let down by either of them, especially with the recent Half-life 2 reviews flowing in. Ahh, it's a good day to be a gamer.

I have it reserved and 50% paid for at the local game shop....so no midnight madness for me. I'll be picking it up 11/9 ...Nice to hear it went gold....the "G" word seems to be rare these days when it comes to anticipated titles. If PC games continue to fall into the trend of unlimited delays, I may just jump on the xbox2 bandwagon and hang up my pc gaming boots.

I can't wait either. I'm really looking forward to a lot of console gaming stuff that's coming out pretty soon, and this definitely tops my list. I wish I had vacation days to use, I gotta work that whole week. ARG.